Software-Defined Session Intelligence for Scalable, On-Demand Network Visibility
Features
As the world’s leading service providers transform their networks from traffic-delivery pipes into agile and scalable platforms for service innovation, they are increasingly relying on an ecosystem of out-of-band analytics tools to monitor, orchestrate, secure, and monetize their networks. Out-of-band analytics tools in turn depend on specialized “network visibility” infrastructure—commonly known as Network Packet Brokers (NPBs)—to aggregate, replicate, and forward relevant traffic flows to them for analysis.
Exponential growth in IP traffic is driving service providers to scale their monitoring and analytics infrastructure. Yet the escalating costs to achieve scale are not sustainable. Service providers need mechanisms to extract greater productivity from their existing tools to contain costs and maximize returns on their investments. They also need to modernize their networks and improve service agility to remain competitive in the marketplace. To this end, service providers are adopting Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and API-driven architectures—and they expect their network visibility infrastructure to follow suit. With Extreme® Session Director, a carrier-grade network visibility solution, service providers can meet these challenges and cost-effectively evolve their monitoring and analytics infrastructure.
Specifications
Specifications
Recommended Minimum Server ConfigurationCPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 2.3 GHz, 30 MB cache, 9.60 GT/s QPI, Turbo, HT, 12 C/24 T
(120 W), max memory 2,133 MHz or higher
Ports:
• 40 GbE NIC (generally used as a data port): Supported by 2×40 GbE Intel NIC - Intel Ethernet
Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2.
• 10 GbE NIC (can be used as a control/data port): Supported by 4×10 GbE Intel NIC - Intel Ethernet
Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4FH.
• 10 GbE NIC (can be used as a control port): Supported by Intel 82599-based 10 GbE NIC
(example: Intel X520 DP 10 GbE)
Performance (per instance)Maximum system throughput: 80 Gbps
Number of subscribers: 20 million
Number of bearer sessions: 50 million
ClusteringSupport for clustering of up to four Extreme Session Director instances with maximum aggregate
throughput of 320 Gbps per cluster
ManagementCLI- or GUI-based management interface with Extreme Visibility Manager and RESTful APIs
BR-NVA-SD7100-P-01Session Director (SD) 7100 feature bundle perpetual license for 40 Gbps of total traffic
BR-NVA-SD8100-P-01Session Director (SD) 8100 feature bundle perpetual license for 40 Gbps of total traffic
BR-NVA-SD8200-P-01Session Director (SD) 8200 feature bundle perpetual license for 40 Gbps of total traffic
BR-NVA-SD9100-P-01Session Director (SD) 9100 feature bundle perpetual license for 40 Gbps of total traffic
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